Aladdin

[MissKH84]

We chose to name our son Aladdin.
Ala ad din but we wanted something unique to us and opted for Aladdin . We thought it was cute and We both loved this variation .
Dhs mother refuses to call him this " after a disney character" and it telling people we called him Alan. His name is not Alan.
I've had people send congratulations messages to me , hubby and saying how Alan is beautiful. Its really annoying me now

@user341289127 wasn't there a Ala ad din Mohammad? Some ruler

Also there are a few variations I've seen Ala ad din
Ala Al din ect

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Only ifyou’re a bit uneducated and don’t know that Disney did not invent the name, the character or the story. Or that it is a real name going back centuries.

If your child has Arabic heritage and your MIL is insisting on calling him Alan, then she's being supremely awful. If you're all white British and you've chosen Aladdin just because it sounds cute, then I think you've probably got a lot of years of this ahead of you....

If you’re in an English speaking country then Aladdin is only associated with the Disney character. At least it’s not Jafar

Depends how old you are.

I have nightmares of Christopher Biggins on stage!!! 😫😫

I appreciate that both Aladdin and Jafar are both perfectly nice Arabic names that go back centuries. I’m just pointing out in an English speaking country, these two names are not in regular enough usage to be associated with anything other than the Disney movies. No need to be condescending

Parents called Stu & Pid by any chance ?

Meaning, origin and history of the name Ala ad-Din - Behind the Name

I’d have thought most people would know the story from 1,001 Nights, or pantomime if they don’t know the book. Long, long before Disney was born. Dickens writes about it -and it was a folk tale in his age.

On the contrary, if the first thing anyone thinks about when hearing of Aladdin is Disney, that’s hardly great.

But how does that translate to an association in an English speaking country? No part of me thought Disney “invented the name”, especially since it’s quite famously based on a folk tale. This is about association. Elsa is a very common name in English speaking countries but I’m sure a lot of them get told to “let it go” nowadays based on the association.

If Ala ad din doesn't feel right then I'd look for another name that does feel like the one. I don't think Aladdin is the answer.

Alan is a weird choice from MIL!

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@ClaraThePigeon
"I'm sorry, perhaps it's because I'm a Scot but it just Disney work for me."

And my boys are called Donald Duck and Buzz Lightyear….

….they aren’t, this post has to be a joke, surely!

Literally any name is better than Alan

If Jafar wasn’t the name of a Disney villain it would actually be quite nice, it has a soft melodic sound to it. I wouldn’t call my British dc it though.

I don’t think Aladdin is that bad…it’s an Arabic name, yes, it was used by Disney but so were other names. UK people might not be familiar with the name but it is a legitimate name.

Surely there are other names?

Ok ,I feel like I need to clarify for those of you who are assuming we named him after a Disney character. We did not. But even if we had, I don't see how this would be any worse than bella or molly mae calling her child bambi .
My DH was raised white British/ Irish but his grandfather ( his mums father) not the MIL who's calling him Alan ( his birth mother) shes passed and his step mum pretty much raised him since he was around 9 or 10 and he calls her mum. His mums dad was fluent in Arabic and didn't speak much English, only basic and DH was too young to understand his culture and when his mother passed he has no direct connection to this He always recalls thats what he called his grandad. His grandad died when he was 4.
Anyway , we had never planned on calling him this, we actually planned on calling him Oliver Jack. When I was 6 months DH received an item of jewellery that had belonged to his grandad. He's since met and became quite close close with his cousin and plans to go out and met extended family in the new year.. He then thought he wanted to change his name and give him the baby a name something that would connect him. He wants to be more connected with his roots on his mums side. He's not close with his dad ever since his mum passed and his dad remarried he's always felt like his step mum and step sister were priority. They have a relationship and speak of course and he sees his sister often but aren't close family if you know what I mean. I said is fine if it makes him happy as I know he's always wanted to he more connected to his mum. He grew up never even knowing his mums family surname. Anytime he asked anout his mums family his step mum shut it down. She refuses any kind of talk about his birth mum in the house . He's always felt like she's rather pretendd she didn't exist so his dad was never allowed to talk about her. We actually had a few different names in mind but his step mum shut them all down. In rhe end up he decided he wanted to go with his grandad but it wasn't flowing of my tongue properly so we made it one word and the extra A just didn't seem right so removing it became aladdin and we thought it was a cute nod. We didn't think anyone would be so cruel about a name . People have all sorts of daft names anyway

It's not worse than calling a child Bambi, but it's the same.

I guess if you think Bambi is ok, then Aladdin also fine.

So, are you saying you're both white British with a baby called Aladdin?

That poor child is going to be absolutely bullied and tormented throughout his school years.

I once met someone whose mother was called - quite seriously - Cinderella. Although her name was shortened in various ways.

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